Improvement in machines for cutting lozenges



J. w. PEPPER. Making Confectionery.

Pgtented July' 2, 1850,

UNITED STATES JNO. \V. IEPPl lR, OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT- IN MACHINES Foe currmeLozi-inoes fil itl'ilil'tllifll l [twining part of Letters Patent No. 7.482., dated J-ulyQ, 1850.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. PEPPER, of the city oi Salem, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new' and useful Machine for Cutting Block and Stick Lozenges, which is described as tbllows, reference being had to the annexed drawings of the same, making part of this specification. Figure l is aplan of the machine as arranged.

for cutting square lozenges, the finger-bar be ing attached to the cuttingeaxle. Fig.2 isa view of the same-inverted. Fig. 3 is avertivcal section of the machine on the line mm of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is rear elevation of the same.

Fig. 5 is a view of the circular cutters detached from the finger-bar. Fig. 6 is a plan of fingerbar, fingers, rollers, and-hooks. Fig. 7 is a plan of one of the cutters. Fig. 8 is a plan of one of the washers. Fig. 9 isa plan of the cutters foreutting the stick-lozenges into amp or lengths. A y Similar lettersi'n the several figures refer to correspondingparts. I i

This machine consistsofa number of thin circular steel-plate knives, a, for cutting the lozenges, placed on a horizontal axle, b, as far apart as the width of the lozenges to be cut, and held firmly at that distance by polished circular washers c, placed between them, the

outside washeig d, at one end resting against a shoulder formed on the axle, and the washer at the opposite end being made in the fgrm of a circular nut, e, and screwed against the outl side knife, by which they are all crowded firmly together, a screw-thread being formed on a part of the axle corresponding with the nut;

On the ends of the axle arehan'dles f, by whi cht-he axle with the knives are rolled over the. sheet of paste. Between every pair of knives is arranged a thin flat; steel finger, 9, nearly the widthof the space'between the knives in. which it is placed, so as nearly totouch the, periphery of the washer, said finger project ing'from asteel plate, h, bent, nearly at right angles and secured to atransversebar, '5, fastened to two parallel-hookf plates, jj,'-ho oked to the aforesaid axle, from which hook-plates project outwardly at right angles studsor short axles k, oniwhich smallwheelsl turn,-for

preventing the back of the finger-plate h froni touchingthesheet ofr'paste. upon' the cutting-- board. The fingers g proj'eet fromthe fi ger. plate 71, in the manner of" a fiat-toothed steel comb having oblong mortises in its back,

through whichare inserted screws mm, screwed into the transverse bar, and over whose shanks the plate slides up and down while adjusting the same, and when properly adjusted, so as to bring the points .of'the teeth between the washers and th'esheet of lozenges, (and the back at the required distance therefronn) the screws are tightened. The special use;of these fingers is to prevent the paste from adhering to the cutters as it is cut, and to keep the lozenges in their proper places upon the board. The particular use of the set-screws m m is for setting the fiiigerplate It so as to adapt the inaehine for cutting any required thickness of lozenges.

' To disengage the hook-plates from the cutteraxle, for the purpose of removingt-he, fingers from betweenxthe cutters, it is only necessaryfor the operator to place the handleson thc forefingers and the thumbs against the hooks jj, and bear upon the latter. The spring-fingers will then bend and the axle. will leave the hooks. It is" necessary to remove the fingers occasional 1y;in order toelean 'theknives, and hence thearran'gem'ent of the parts must be su ch as to. enable the operator to separate them expeditiously. 1

Qperation; To make block-lozengcs,'roll the paste with a common .rollerto'aniy required thickness and width to suit the knivesor-cut;

ters on av smooth board previously dusted with pulverizcdstarch to prevent sticking. Roll the cutters a over the sheet of paste in one di 1 motion, which will on it into as many parallel strips of equal width as there are spaces to:

tween the knives. v Then roll the knives overthe sheet of paste in a direction at right angles to the cuts just made. This-wi1l divide the sheet into "as'many square or block lozenges as will equal thenuinber of spaces between "the knives multiplied by the same number.

Then, reinove thetrimmings and place the board in a sui able place to dry the lozenges "thereupon. It will be apparent that the en 'tire slreetwill fbe cut into lozengeswith no .other waste thanthe mere trimmings-atthe sides, whereas i l-cutting the round lozenges the wnste'is've'ry great, extending throughout the entiresheetbetween and around the several lozenges.

To cut stick-lozenges, the cuttersmnst be v rolled-in onedirection only, Whichwil'l cutth'e paste to be cut into sheet: perellel sti'eks'ef-un iferni width and -thiekness." JTheseinay then be cut into the far apart as the/ ixitepdal lengt'hoftheiiequi l ed ven'tionandimprpyemenqwhat Iel'aim, and

"required lengths 'byfrolling. the two putters represented in Fig. 9 over, the parallel sticks at right angles vthereto, said cutters being as.

stick-lozenges; 1 V Having thus described the nature ofmy in;

desire toh'avje se'euned tome .by Letters'Patent. is-

. Theefijmsteble'spring filigefsiq; connected the-two-iyheeledear Z, seitl ear'beihgepa F 'pended to the-axle b of the revolving cutters, the wheels ,and the screws that fasten the finger-pldtejo the transverse bar preventing the fingen-plate from touching the sheet of paste during the operati0n-of cutting the lozenges therefrom, as'herein fully set-forth.

In" testi ipny whereof I have hereunto signed my name before two subscribing witnesses.

. .iO N W. PEPPER.

Withesses: I

'WIL IA M D. NORTIIEND; 1 GEO, F. CHOAIE. 

